What is the maximum time a person can serve in prison in Brazil, according to the Penal Code?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 40 years
- Step 1: Article 75 limits the time of serving to 40 years, since the 2019 reform.
Answer
40 years.
Why not the others: 30 years was the limit before 2019.
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